Guerillas in the Mist: What EMS Should Know About Street Medics
Many of the jurisdictions touched by America’s 2020 summer of protest saw the presence of street medics—volunteers with a range of clinical training, immersed among and usually of a mind with demonstrators, treating their injuries and offering other basic assistance at scenes too volatile or restricted for formal EMS providers to reach.
Though occasionally in conflict with law enforcement, street medics typically aren’t adversarial to EMS — in fact, they may make its job easier. Handling lesser problems keeps EMS resources free for bigger ones, and in raucous crowds they often deliver the first assistance and stabilization injured protesters can get.
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